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(Comprehensive) Equal Opportunity Policy (.pdf, 72kb)
This is Wigan Council’s (Comprehensive) Equal Opportunity Policy. This document sets out the council’s equality and diversity vision, values and equal opportunity statements. The policy covers both employees and service users. This policy is linked to the Corporate Equality and Diversity Strategy. Both documents will be subject to periodic updates when necessary.
Corporate Equality and Diversity Strategy (.pdf, 247kb)
This document is Wigan Council’s Corporate Equality and Diversity Strategy. The Strategy is the companion document to the (Comprehensive) Equal Opportunity Policy. The strategy states how the council will deliver the vision and values stated in the (Comprehensive) Equal Opportunity Policy. The strategy includes an action plan from 2004-2008.
Equality Scheme 2006/9 updated Dec 2008 (.pdf, 208kb)
This document is Wigan Council’s Equality Scheme. The Council has taken the position of producing a single Equalities Scheme in line with the government’s position in creating a single Equality Commission. This Equality Scheme encompasses and highlights all our legal requirements and sets out our policies, procedures, aims and the actions we will take to achieve them.
Easy Read Version of the Equality Scheme Part 1 (.pdf, 750kb) | Easy Read Version of the Equality Scheme Part 2 (.pdf, 1,373kb)
Wigan Council’s Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2008 outlines this year’s achievements and progress made against the Equality Scheme. The Equality Scheme is a document which sets out how we will meet our legal duties in relation to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality on the basis of race, disability and gender.
